Erasmus+ TCA thematic webinar
Building up the capacity
– family and school together for well-being
Pori, Finland, 19 - 20 April 2021
Webinar Programme
version 27.1.2021
Moderator for the days: Mr. Miika Kekki
Monday, 19 April
Schedule in Central European Time (CET)
9.45 Connecting to webinar platform and technical installations
10.00 Official opening of the webinar & welcoming words by General Director Olli-Pekka Heinonen, Finnish National Agency for Education and Director of education, Esa Kohtamäki, City of Pori
10.15 Why cooperation with parents matters, Executive director Ulla Siimes, Finnish Parents League (Vanhempainliitto)
10.30 The Finnish model for the well-being of children and young people, Director Henni Axelin, Division for Youth Work and Youth Policy, Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland
10.45 Workshop (5 groups): Getting to know each other and a short exercise
11.15 Short break
11.30 Keynote 1: "Voimaperheet" - Power families in the context of early childhood education and care"
Mr Andre Sourander, Professor of Child Psychiatry at the University of Turku, Finland
Discussions
12.10 Lunch break
13.30 Workshops on different themes. Participants can choose one workshop of their interest to participate in
The art of deploying validated interventions at schools: validation, implementation, and measuring effectiveness, CEO Itla Children´s Foundation & Professor, University of Vaasa
Let's talk about children (LT), Professor emerita Tytti Solantaus, Mental Health Finland (Mieli ry)
SomeBody® & Family Somebody, Satu Vaininen and Marjo Keckman, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
Your turn, Mothers! & Parents to school! projects, Minna Perokorpi-Sulin, Maija Tanneraho and Laura Aurola, Careeria
14.45 Tools for parental involvement and support, European Toolkit for Schools, Aristea Politi, European Commission
15.00 Short break
15.15 Keynote 2: "Menthal health literacy from early childhood education and care to higher education and teacher training"
Ms Yifeng Wei, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry Dpt, Dalhousie University, Canada
Discussions
16.00 End of the first day
Tuesday, 20 April
9.15 Connecting to webinar platform and instructions for the second day
9.30 Destination 1 video:
Visiting the schools of Tuulikello and Itätuuli (basic education; grades 1-9)
10 .00 Destination 2 video:
Visiting the school (basic education; grades 1-9) and the kindergarten (children 0-6 years) at the Kaarisilta district.
10.30 Destination 3 video:
Visiting the Otava community house and Satanuoret (peer support programme for parents of children in the national child welfare system)
11:00 - 12.15 Lunch break
12.15 Group discussions based on the study visit observations and participants' own national perceptions
12.45 Keynote 3: "Parental involvement in compulsory schools in Iceland"
Kristín Jónsdóttir, Assistant professor, University of Iceland (tbc)
Discussions
13.30 Introduction to the Erasmus+ programme, Jón Svanur Jóhannsson, Erasmus+ SE Senior Adviser, Icelandic Erasmus+ National Agency
Erasmus+ project example from Iceland on inclusion
Networking and planning future cooperation
14.15 Short break
14.30 Keynote 4: "Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy"
Ms Pirjo Tuovila, DDP-therapist, Master of Social Sciences and Licentiate of Arts (Psychology)
14.50 Wrapping up the results of the two-day webinar
15.00 End of the webinar and instructions for follow-up
The programme may be subject to change without prior notice.